How does winning a large prize affect the view of gambling’s morality?

[Zed0X]

You know the saying that the people will be around you when your already successful but were never really present when you were still struggling? It's not verbatim but something like that. I think similar mentality also applies to gamblers who get lucky big time. The difference though is that it's more understandable why most people are against your gambling habit. We all know that only a small percentage actually ends up in profit.

[Cantsay]

Why is gambling considered taboo and immoral in some cultures and countries, yet when someone wins a large prize, his success is often celebrated and his wealth is welcomed by friends, family, and society—the same people who were against him in the beginning
Well, I'm not generalizing, but that's the reality...

Well it’s not just in gambling but everywhere in our society.

There’s a popular saying in my country/community that relates well with this topic - it goes “wetin good nah everybody own but wetin bad nah only the owner get am” what it means is that when someone becomes successful he becomes everyone favorite but if unsuccessful he belongs to just the family and loved by just the family members.

As soon as one hits good reward in gambling or anything isn’t right - the idea of “wrong” gets erased from the mind of everyone and they’ll want to celebrate and even get involved in that thing so that they can also get same reward.

[bitterguy28]

Why is gambling considered taboo and immoral in some cultures and countries,

because gambling is extremely risky and can make you lose more than what you have a lot of people have fell victims to gambling and had a hard time crawling their way out and they know how detrimental gambling can be to someone

yet when someone wins a large prize, his success is often celebrated and his wealth is welcomed by friends, family, and society—the same people who were against him in the beginning

what are the chances that one wins a large prize anyway? of course anyone will be happy if you win but the reason why it is so frowned upon is because of the dangers it poses to the financial and even mental aspect of an individual

i am personally not against gambling but we should not ignore that it is indeed risky and has the potential to ruin an individual's life if taken out of control

[$crypto$]

You know the saying that the people will be around you when your already successful but were never really present when you were still struggling? It's not verbatim but something like that. I think similar mentality also applies to gamblers who get lucky big time. The difference though is that it's more understandable why most people are against your gambling habit. We all know that only a small percentage actually ends up in profit.

Yes I can understand very deeply what you are saying and that is what happens when someone has a lot of money, even someone who was initially indifferent when we have a lot of money will consider us as their brother. Yes that is life.

Relating this to gambling, indeed some countries and cultures are against this. But that is also their right, because they have their own views on gambling. Also when they come when someone gets a big win, they will forget everything because they prefer to enjoy it.

[Rubel007]

Why is gambling considered taboo and immoral in some cultures and countries, yet when someone wins a large prize, his success is often celebrated and his wealth is welcomed by friends, family, and society—the same people who were against him in the beginning
Well, I'm not generalizing, but that's the reality...

Everyone congratulates him when he succeeds but when someone is failure he has nothing but advice. There are many people who do not like gambling or encourage anyone to do gambling but advise only on its negative aspects but when a gambler gets a big win from gambling they all praise him. I think people who do something like this are opportunists. No benefit can come from them. Though not everyone will be successful. Those who stick to it and whose fortune favors them will succeed in the hereafter. If gambling is not considered a source of income then there is no possibility of loss from gambling.

[target]

Why is gambling considered taboo and immoral in some cultures and countries, yet when someone wins a large prize, his success is often celebrated and his wealth is welcomed by friends, family, and society—the same people who were against him in the beginning
Well, I'm not generalizing, but that's the reality...

Everyone congratulates him when he succeeds but when someone is failure he has nothing but advice. There are many people who do not like gambling or encourage anyone to do gambling but advise only on its negative aspects but when a gambler gets a big win from gambling they all praise him. I think people who do something like this are opportunists. No benefit can come from them. Though not everyone will be successful. Those who stick to it and whose fortune favors them will succeed in the hereafter. If gambling is not considered a source of income then there is no possibility of loss from gambling.

There are people we don't expect to act this way but its surprising sometimes to find out even the ones closer to us are actually opportunist as you say.

Money draws people to come closer. Either out of desperation or they are really happy to see the person they know for once in their life is richer as some point.

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Why is gambling considered taboo and immoral in some cultures and countries, yet when someone wins a large prize, his success is often celebrated and his wealth is welcomed by friends, family, and society—the same people who were against him in the beginning
Well, I'm not generalizing, but that's the reality...

In my opinion the easiest way we see the gambling the way of gambling wasn't that easy.
And here not everyone get's the larger prize or something they win continuously. Here most of the people face loss in large amount and those who win those percentages are very low. And here those peoples amount is also in a large amount get in to in debt after doing gambling addiction. So may be that's the reason for many cultures or countries have avoid the gambling or don't like the gambling.

[JoyMarsha]

I think the time when gambling is viewed as taboo or immoral in some countries is gradually fading away because some of those countries whose citizens condemned gambling in the past are beginning to gamble due to how they have seen people winning from gambling. They don't see it as a taboo or immoral again, but as a way to make easy money; that's why many end up addicted to gambling because those who are meant to lecture them on the dangers of gambling are guilty of the habit of gambling every week to make money out from gambling. Winning from gambling then becomes what should be celebrated as a normal thing

[Jating]

Why is gambling considered taboo and immoral in some cultures and countries, yet when someone wins a large prize, his success is often celebrated and his wealth is welcomed by friends, family, and society—the same people who were against him in the beginning
Well, I'm not generalizing, but that's the reality...

Freeloaders in the answer, of course when you win big everyone will want to have some kind of money or at least cover some cost for them. And so they totally forgot in the beginning that it is taboo in your religion.

Admit it or not, individuals are after your money, and so this is problematic for the gamblers like if the person wins the lottery, if you don't give some to your friends and relatives, they will turn their backs against you. As harsh as it sounds, that is the case and that's how I see it.

[bisdak40]

Why is gambling considered taboo and immoral in some cultures and countries, yet when someone wins a large prize, his success is often celebrated and his wealth is welcomed by friends, family, and society—the same people who were against him in the beginning
Well, I'm not generalizing, but that's the reality...

Well, that's the sad reality. In real life, when you are poor no one would respect you while if you are rich, almost all of the people around you and even those who don't know you seems to respect you not because of your personality but because of your money.

[Baofeng]

Why is gambling considered taboo and immoral in some cultures and countries,

because gambling is extremely risky and can make you lose more than what you have a lot of people have fell victims to gambling and had a hard time crawling their way out and they know how detrimental gambling can be to someone

yet when someone wins a large prize, his success is often celebrated and his wealth is welcomed by friends, family, and society—the same people who were against him in the beginning

what are the chances that one wins a large prize anyway? of course anyone will be happy if you win but the reason why it is so frowned upon is because of the dangers it poses to the financial and even mental aspect of an individual

i am personally not against gambling but we should not ignore that it is indeed risky and has the potential to ruin an individual's life if taken out of control

It's not about the risk why it is taboo from religion, it's the connotation that gambling per se is bad and it is considered as a sin that's why it is being frown upon by many religion around the world.

But when people win a large prize, that notion will be forgotten and the winner will justify that it is not bad and not a sin to win money from gambling. And then your status in the society changes as now you can have money and in turn you can help your continue or even your church. How ironic it is!!!

[Igebotz]

Why is gambling considered taboo and immoral in some cultures and countries,

because gambling is extremely risky and can make you lose more than what you have a lot of people have fell victims to gambling and had a hard time crawling their way out and they know how detrimental gambling can be to someone

yet when someone wins a large prize, his success is often celebrated and his wealth is welcomed by friends, family, and society—the same people who were against him in the beginning

what are the chances that one wins a large prize anyway? of course anyone will be happy if you win but the reason why it is so frowned upon is because of the dangers it poses to the financial and even mental aspect of an individual

i am personally not against gambling but we should not ignore that it is indeed risky and has the potential to ruin an individual's life if taken out of control

It's not about the risk why it is taboo from religion, it's the connotation that gambling per se is bad and it is considered as a sin that's why it is being frown upon by many religion around the world.

But when people win a large prize, that notion will be forgotten and the winner will justify that it is not bad and not a sin to win money from gambling. And then your status in the society changes as now you can have money and in turn you can help your continue or even your church. How ironic it is!!!

I believe that what is good or bad depends on the jurisdiction, and as long as people perceive gambling as legal, it is not bad. What is bad is bad no matter how you paint it, but gambling is not defined as bad by everyone, including religious figures. In fact, whether gambling is good or bad depends on the gambler's attitude toward gambling.

If gamblers gamble responsibly and avoid problem and addictive gambling, the world will not perceive gambling negatively. Most of the negative connotations associated with gambling are not a reflection of gambling itself, but rather of the harms suffered by gamblers as a result of their participation in gambling.

[bisdak40]

Winning large prizes from gambling can affect the views on morality they lecture you about the risks of gambling so that you won't do it but when someone wins big, it can make those warnings seem less relevant or even hypocritical. People might start to focus more on the potential rewards rather than the risks, thinking that they, too, could be lucky. This shift in perspective can make gambling appear more appealing and less morally questionable, especially when the success stories overshadow the many losses that others experience. 

[robelneo]

Why is gambling considered taboo and immoral in some cultures and countries, yet when someone wins a large prize, his success is often celebrated and his wealth is welcomed by friends, family, and society—the same people who were against him in the beginning
Well, I'm not generalizing, but that's the reality...

People can compromise their belief for money I have seen this happen so many times, people will make a big shift on how they treat you when it comes to money, so its better when you won a big amount of money to not flaunt it, don't brag about it or else you will be targeted by people who wants to have a share of your winnings.
And this is the same people who will easily leave you if they see that you don't haver anymore, so many people easily change because of the glitters of money.

[LUCKMCFLY]

The greatest vision of people will always be to win, in morality everyone has a very hypocritical sense of what it means for another person to win, very few of us are sincere when we encourage someone to win, I like to see people happy, I am actually happy because I know that there are people who when they win the game they use it for things that they need very intensely, so personally I will always say that whoever wins deserves it, so here the values ??of each person are what stand out the most.